Howard Sampson
Texas Tech Red Raiders
79
SolidProjected Starter
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Howard Sampson is the projected starter at LT for Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Redshirt senior · #79 · 6'8", 330 lbs
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Texas Tech Starting Lineup
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The Story
The Story
A 3-star recruit out of Humble, ranked #2,102 nationally coming out of high school.
Recruit3★ · #2,102 Natl
Houston, TX
- Jersey
- #79
- Class
- RS SR/TR
- Height
- 6'8"
- Weight
- 330 lbs
At 6'8", 330 lbs, Howard Sampson plays for a Texas Tech team rated 91 overall in the Big 12.
Recruiting Profile
- Stars
- ★★★☆☆3-star
- Composite
- 0.8167
- National Rank
- #2102
- High School
- Humble
- Hometown
- Humble, TX
Why this rating?
On a 93-rated offense; no production or recruiting data — rated at heuristic floor → 79.
Team offense (SP+)
93
Rating basis
Estimated / projected
Depth-chart adjustment
-12 for role
2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.
2026 Game Log
Not tracked for this position.
Linemen and long snappers don't record box-score stats, so there's no game-by-game log to show.
Howard Sampson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.
The People's Ratings
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79
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